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Ἓν οἶδα, ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα → I know only one thing, that I know nothing | all I know is that I know nothing.

Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers, Book 2 sec. 32.

Greek Monolingual

-α, -ικο, Ν
1. αυτός που προέρχεται ή κατάγεται από την πρωτεύουσα
2. ο κάτοικος της πρωτεύουσας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πρωτεύουσα + κατάλ. -ιάνος (πρβλ. ζητ-ιάνος, καθαρευ-ουσ-ιάνος). Η λ. μαρτυρείται από το 1887 στην εφημερίδα Ακρόπολις].